Several members of a parliamentary panel on Thursday questioned top Petroleum Ministry officials over rising prices of petroleum products and what is being done to check it, sources said.
Petroleum Secretary Tarun Kapoor and top officials of state-run firms IOCL, BPCL, HPCL and GAIL appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas Affairs.
Several committee members, primarily those from opposition parties, posed questions on the frequent rise in prices of petroleum products and said that it was severely impacting household budget of common people, according to the sources.
